Frank Kameny

Frank Kameny's House Sold

Posted 05.29.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The District of Columbia home of the late gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny, designated a historic landmark, has been sold, The Washington...

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Frank Kameny: Star Gazer to Gay Activist

Charles Francis | Posted 03.11.2012

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Frank Kameny fought with a sense of confidence honed by his education and training. I don't think his opponents and detractors ever fully appreciated they were dealing with an astronomer -- an astronomer who would spark the LGBT movement for civil equality.

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PHOTOS: LGBT Pioneer Honored At Poignant Memorial

Posted 11.16.2011

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An Obama administration official, three members of Congress and a Yale Law School professor were among the many high-profile figures who attended a po...

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LGBT-Inclusive Christians Honor Frank Kameny's Fight For Gay Rights

Joseph Ward III | Posted 01.16.2012

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Before the New York City riots at Stonewall Inn launched the gay civil rights movement, there was Dr. Frank Kameny.

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PHOTOS: Gay Activist Frank Kameny Honored By LGBT Community At Public Viewing

Posted 01.04.2012

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LGBT activist Dr. Franklin E. Kameny was honored on Thursday with a public viewing at the Carnegie Library in Washington, D.C. Kameny, who was 86 ...

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Gay Rights Pioneer Frank Kameny To Lie In State In D.C.

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny, who died last month at age 86, will lie in state on Thursday in the Carnegie Library on Mount Vernon Sq...

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Frank Kameny To Lie In State At Carnegie Library

DCist | Posted 12.21.2011

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GLAA Forum reports that the late gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny will lie in state in the Carnegie Library at Mt. Vernon Square on November 3 between ...

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Gay Pioneers Speak Truth to Love

Rev. Dr. Nancy Wilson | Posted 12.19.2011

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When Dr. Frank Kameny and Barbara Gittings came to speak at Allegheny College, I was 19 years old. I was still closeted then, even to myself, but their honest, open telling of their stories was the first clue I had that there were others like me.

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Frank Kameny: America's First Gay Activist

David K. Johnson | Posted 12.13.2011

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Frank Kameny, who died Tuesday at the age of 86, fought longer and harder for gay and lesbian civil rights than anyone else in U.S. history. Although he came to be revered and honored, his struggle came at great personal cost.

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Goodbye, Frank

Zack Rosen | Posted 12.13.2011

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I could say a lot about Frank Kameny -- how he never lost the mischief in his eye that allowed him to take on the U.S. government, how he never was ashamed to flaunt the "sex" in "homosexuality." But it's all evident in this video.

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Frank Kameny Honored In D.C. (PHOTOS)

Posted 12.12.2011

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WASHINGTON -- D.C. politicians are paying tribute to Frank Kameny, the gay rights pioneer who died Tuesday at his home in Dupont Circle. D.C. Coun...

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D.C. Politicians Pay Tribute To Gay-Rights Pioneer Frank Kameny

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.12.2011

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WASHINGTON -- D.C. politicians are paying tribute to Frank Kameny, the gay rights pioneer who died Tuesday at his home in Dupont Circle. Kameny, 86...

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Saving a World: Frank Kameny and the Talmud

James Peron | Posted 12.12.2011

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Kameny's battles were not just for his rights, nor only for the rights of his friends, but for the rights of all who came after him.    Give that some thought. Consider what that means. Generations to come may live a better life because of the battles we fight today.

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Frank Kameny Passes

Peter D. Rosenstein | Posted 12.12.2011

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Frank lived to see one of his greatest fights, to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military, come to fruition. And he lived to see an entire new generation benefit from his struggle to live and work openly as a gay man.

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Frank Kameny, Gay Rights Pioneer, Dies At 86

AP | JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 12.11.2011

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WASHINGTON — Frank Kameny, who was fired from his job as a government astronomer in 1957 for being homosexual and became a pioneer in the gay ri...

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50th Anniversary of a Legal Revolution

Charles Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eight years before Stonewall, Frank Kameny's petition laid out the argument for gay civil equality, not in the streets, but in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

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Gay Is Good

Carlos A. Ball | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gay rights activists should use the empirical evidence to argue not just that "Gay is Not Bad," but also that "Gay is Good."

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Joe Biden Swears in David Huebner for New Zealand Ambassadorship -- Kiwi Ambassador to US Says on Prospect of Uptick in Gay Tourism "Bring It On!"

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Demonstrating the importance of this appointment to the White House, Biden gave the oath to the openly gay lawyer turned diplomat.

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Sweet Speech, Mr. President - But Where Was the Apology? And Where's the Action?

Karen Ocamb | Posted 05.25.2011

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If "equality" is a founding principle for freedom -- how do you justify withholding "equality for all" from LGBT people for any amount of time?

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